Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 8, 2025

On Thursday  May 8, 2025, Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected  and will serve as Pope Leo XIV,  the 267th pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church.  A former cardinal from the United States with both Peruvian and American citizenships, he is the first American to be elected  Pope. However, he is also more considered as South America, the Cardinal and Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru. Pope Francis has appointed 80% of the cardinals who  were in the Conclave to elect the new Pope. Hence, Robert Prevost was viewed as one  of  the top candidates to be elected Pope, even before the Conclave. Like Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV, in his previous church roles, has shown his commitment and focus to serving the marginalized communities,  including the poor,  the underprivileged,  and the migrants, and to protect the environment.

Rwandan activists protesting against Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Montreal, Canada in April 2006

On Friday February 21, 2025, The United Nations Security Council  condemned  the government of Rwanda for the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) invading the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) under the cover of M23 rebels.
The 15-member UN council unanimously adopted the resolution, strongly condemning the ongoing invasion, offensive and advance of Rwandan troops.  The U.N. Security Council resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of Rwanda Defence Forces" and "demands that M23 immediately stop its hostilities and withdraw."
With the widespread condemnations and increasing sanctions,  the ailing Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame is reportedly planning to use  UN and US sanctions against Gen James Kabarebe  and three well known Hutu puppets to reinforce his daughter and heir Ange Kagame's power and increase heir chances to inherit the Rwandan oligarchy.

Major General Peter Cirimwami visits troops in Goma area on Jan 23, 2025

Major General Peter Cirimwami Nkuba, who was the military governor of North Kivu province in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), has died. He was injured during the combats opposing the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) reinforced by Ugandan People Defense Forces (UPDF) troops, under the cover of M23 Rebels,  to the DR Congo troops (FARDC) supported by Wazalendo Patriot troops between the towns of Goma and Sake. He later died from the injuries. After the his death, the combats have continued and the DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has announced an escalation and intensification of offensives against the RDF troops, by FARDC with the support from Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces. 

Ugandan UPDF Troops

Sources near the border of Rwanda and Uganda have informed AfroAmerica Network that, on January 19, 2025, a large number of Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) troops in military trucks and  mixed with tank trucks carrying gas have crossed the border from Uganda to Rwanda. The troops appeared to be expected by the  elite units  of Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) who were waiting them across the border and led them to unknown destinations. There are speculations regarding the operation, with the highest probability being that these UPDF  troops were sent by Ugandan Military leaders, under the command of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni's son  General Kainerugaba Muhoozi,  who currently serves as the Chief of Defence Forces of UPDF, to reinforce the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) in their invasion of the Eastern Democratic Republic  of Congo (DRC) under the cover of M23 rebels. 

US President Joe Biden, Joao Lourenco of Angola, Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC, Hakainde Hichlema of Zambia and the Vice President of Tanzania Philip Isdor Mpango in Lobito, Angola on Dec 4, 2024

On December 4, 2024, a multilateral meeting was held in  Lobito, Benguela province of Angola among  Joe Biden of the United States of America President  Joe Biden,  Joao Lourenco of Angola, Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC, Hakainde Hichlema of Zambia and the Vice President of Tanzania Philip Isdor Mpango. The meeting focused on the economic partnership  among the USA and the countries in the region, to  revitalize the strategic project “Lobito Trans-African Corridor” aimed at connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean via the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Angola, Zambia, and Tanzania in order to better exploit the strategic mineral resources in DRC and revitalize supply chains.